"Whosoever shall come to us with the sword shall perish by it. Upon this stood and stands the land of Russia".
St Prince Alexander Nevsky, in the 13th century

IF GOD BE WITH US
WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?Romans 8:31

Saturday, May 10, 2008

The Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia

This beautiful cathedral was built on the spot where the socialist murdered Tsar Alexander the II, the Emancipator. Two bombs were thrown at his carriage but no one was killed. He stepped out, looked at the damage and declared a thanks to God that no one had died. At that point, the Godless servants of Satan, threw a third bomb.

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All of the icons on the walls are mosaics, made of millions of stones.

This shrine, in the back of the cathedral stands over the original cobblestones, the spot where Alexander II lay.

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